Celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart on Friday, June 27 at Columbus Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., will include a Mass at 5 p.m. with Bishop Earl Fernandes and concelebrated by priests of the diocese, followed by a procession and a reception.
Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m., when Msgr. Frank Lane will speak about the Sacred Heart, followed by the Litany of the Sacred Heart.
For more information, contact info@WelcomeHisHeart.com.
Father Blau to conduct men’s day of reflection at Josephinum
Father Thomas Blau, OP, will conduct a day of reflection for men at the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St., Columbus, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2.
The day will include Mass, two conferences, an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, outdoor praying of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross (weather permitting) and a tour of the college. A continental breakfast and box lunch will be provided.
Father Blau, a Cleveland native, is an itinerant preacher focusing mainly on parish missions and an adjunct professor at the Josephinum. He is based at Columbus St. Patrick Priory and has been a priest since 1999 after working as a mail carrier, a grade school teacher, a drug store part-owner and other jobs. He has been a Papal Missionary of Mercy since his appointment to the role by Pope Francis in 2016 and is an inducted magistral chaplain for the Knights of Malta, the local chaplain for the Legatus organization of Catholic business executives and the founder of the St. Barnabas Ministry, which provides a Dominican priest ready to take over a diocesan parish so its priest can go on vacation or retreat. He completed the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain in 2019.
The cost for the day is $45 through Tuesday, July 15. Anyone age 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. To register, write a check to “Pontifical College Josephinum” with “Men’s DOR” in the memo line and send it to the college or register online at https://www.pcj.edu/mensdayofreflection.
Columbus parishes sponsor Corpus Christi procession
Columbus Christ the King and St. Thomas the Apostle churches invite all parishioners in the Diocese of Columbus to a Eucharistic procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 22.
The procession will begin at Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston Ave., at 2 p.m. and will stop at St. Catharine of Siena Church, 500 S. Gould Road, by 2:30. It will end at St. Thomas Church, 2692 E. 5th Ave., where light refreshments will be served. The event will be bilingual.
For more information, call the Christ the King Church parish office at (614) 237-0401.
Seasons of Hope sponsors grief support group
The Seasons of Hope bereavement ministry invites anyone mourning the loss of a loved one to take part in a grief support group each Sunday from June 29 to Aug. 3, with the exception of July 6.
Meetings will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd. They are sponsored by the churches of the Northland/North High Deanery.
To register, contact Debbie Kennedy at kennedydeborah@yahoo.com or (614} 937-0516. Space is limited.
Special Mass planned for foster, adoptive families
The pro-life ministry of Sunbury St. John Neumann Church invites all foster, adoptive and discerning families to a Mass and picnic on Tuesday, July 15 at the church, 9633 East State Route 37.
Mass will be at 6 p.m., followed by the picnic, which will include children’s games and activities. Food will be provided.
The Mass is being sponsored by Springs of Love, a group which inspires and equips Catholics to discern and embrace the call to foster and adoptive parenthood while building communities of support for those touched by foster and adoptive care.
To make reservations for the event or for more information, go to www.springsoflove.org/events.
Plans for Young Adult Conference announced
“Take Heart, Rise, He Is Calling You” is the theme for the seventh annual Columbus Catholic Young Adult Conference, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 18 at Westerville St. Paul Church, 313 N. State St.
The conference seeks to empower young adults to transform their communities through their identity in Christ. Doors will open at 8 a.m., with an optional Mass at 8:15. There will be two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, an optional Adoration opportunity and a Sunday Vigil Mass at 4 p.m., along with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Keynoters will be Catholic musician and comedian Paul J. Kim and Father William J. Slattery, a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville and chaplain of the Damascus Catholic Mission Campus in Knox County.
Speaking at breakout sessions will be Sister Loretta DeDominicis, FMA, of the Columbus St. Thomas More Newman Center, John Mullen of St. Paul’s Outreach, Damascus missionary Emily Knuth and Father PJ Brandimarti, pastor of the Johnstown Church of the Ascension and the only Catholic chaplain in the Ohio National Guard.
For more information, go to www.ccyac.org.